Flowtech Fluidpower plc is acquiring the business and assets of Helipebs Controls Ltd, a Gloucester-based manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders and systems, for £0.4 million funded from cash resources.

Driveline Solutions, part of Axel Johnson International, acquired Flowfit, a Ludlow-based UK distributor and manufacturer of hydraulic components and systems. Flowfit has a sales office in Wellingborough and 42 employees.

Fluiconnecto UK Ltd, part of the Manuli Ryco group's Service Division, acquired the whole business of Hydraulink Limited, a 24/7 on-site mobile hose replacement provider in Scotland. The deal includes its customer base, operating assets and a trade counter in Glasgow.

ProMach acquired Lako Tool & Manufacturing, strengthening its flexible packaging capabilities in the consumer-packaged goods sector.

Swedish industrial group Teqnion acquired all shares in Cambs Compressor Engineering Limited, a Cambridgeshire-based specialist in compressed air systems and services, with immediate effect. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies has completed the acquisition of Metaltech Precision Engineers, a UK CNC machining specialist that already machines components for its hygienic pumps. The deal adds in-house machining capacity.

Torishima Service Solutions Europe acquired KRG Specialist Engineering Services, a Coatbridge, Scotland precision sub-contract machining company, to add machining capabilities for its parent Torishima Pump Mfg.

Atlas Copco Group acquired MSS Nitrogen Ltd and three connected companies, makers of onsite gas generation systems for laser cutting, adding 44 employees; price undisclosed.

Fluiconnecto UK Ltd, part of the Manuli Ryco group, announced the acquisition of GB Hoses Limited, a UK provider of 24/7 emergency mobile hose replacement and a trade counter in Greater Manchester. The announcement was made on 30 October 2024.

Fluid power supplier Flowtech has agreed a £350,000 deal to acquire the assets of pneumatics and fluid products provider Thorite, including equipment, vehicles, stock and locations, and has paid off Thorite's £1.7m debt.

Edwin James Group announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Pettits Ltd and its subsidiary Motivair Compressors Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Motivair manages about 9,000 compressed air assets for UK industrial, infrastructure, utilities and defence customers, and its 100 employees will be retained.

Flowplant Group, a provider of high-pressure jetting and pumping solutions in Salisbury, UK, was acquired in a management buyout completed on June 23, 2023, through the newly formed SSPM Holdings Limited led by Steve Smith.

Atlas Copco acquired Maziak Compressor Services Ltd., a privately owned UK distributor of air compressors, nitrogen generators and process cooling equipment based near Northampton, with about GBP 7 million in 2022 revenue. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Atlas Copco Ltd has acquired Glaston Compressor Services Ltd, which will continue to operate as a standalone company within Atlas Copco Compressors UK under the Glaston name.

Atlas Copco AB plans to acquire Geveke B.V. and LEWA GmbH, a maker of dosing and process pumps. The companies notified the Dutch competition authority ACM on 12 May 2022.

Italian hydraulic component maker OMFB Group acquired UK dealer Commercial Vehicle Hydraulics Limited, which becomes CVH-OMFB Ltd, after 30 years of partnership. OMFB Group reported EUR 80 million turnover in 2021.

Pennine Pneumatic Services (PPS) acquired Hull-based Norman Walker Machinery, a supplier of air compressors and pneumatics in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, announced March 29, 2021.

Atlas Copco has acquired Cooper Freer Ltd., a privately owned British compressed air distributor and service provider with 18 employees based in Leicester. The purchase price was not disclosed. The announcement is dated March 3, 2021.

Danfoss completed the full acquisition of Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh-based hydraulic R&D company. The deal lets Danfoss commercialize its Digital Displacement pump technology globally, and about 60 employees joined Danfoss.

Hydraproducts acquired the business and assets of Fluidlink Hydraulics Ltd of Devizes, a manufacturer of bespoke hydraulic power packs, announced 21 April 2020.

Linde acquired a minority stake in ITM Power plc, a British maker of PEM electrolyzers for hydrogen production, completed on October 22, 2019. The stake was announced on October 23, 2019.

KPS Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Glasgow-based Howden, a maker of air and gas handling equipment, from Colfax Corporation for an enterprise value of $1.80 billion. Howden will become an independent company.

C-Automation agreed to buy the drilling services business of Aberdeen-based Proserv, which will trade as C-Automation Services. Financial terms were undisclosed and the two firms will partner on shared products and services.

Duplomatic Motion Solutions, sponsored by Alcedo SGR, completed the purchase of hydraulic technologies provider Hydreco from Clyde Blowers Capital, which had owned it since 2008. Hydreco's sales were over £25.6m.

Danfoss announced it acquired a majority stake in Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh-based R&D firm specializing in hydraulic systems, gaining its Digital Displacement technology and establishing Edinburgh as a centre of excellence.

Danfoss acquired the majority of Artemis Intelligent Power, an Edinburgh hydraulic R&D firm, to gain its Digital Displacement technology. Artemis will become a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with Danfoss as majority shareholder.

Flowtech Fluidpower completed its £10.2m acquisition of Balu Ltd and its subsidiaries Beaumanor and Derek Lane, UK fluid power importers and distributors, funded by a share placing raising £11m. The deal was completed on 20 March 2018.

Atlas Copco acquired Walker Filtration Ltd, a family-owned British manufacturer of compressed air, gas and vacuum treatment equipment based in northeast England with about 220 employees. The purchase price was not disclosed.

US process equipment maker Duravant acquired UK-based weighing and filling machine manufacturer Ohlson Packaging to expand its product portfolio.

Flowtech Fluidpower plc acquired Group HES Ltd, a Gloucester-based fluid power solutions provider with branches in Birmingham, Durham, Gloucester and Leeds, adding it to its Power Motion Control division. The deal was announced on 12 October 2017.

Signum Technology, backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, has acquired industrial filter and strainer maker Vee Bee Filtration of Stourbridge for an undisclosed sum. The deal was reported on 28 March 2017.